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Our South Austin Music & Arts location services a majority of the school districts in South & West Austin including Austin ISD, Hays CISD, Dripping Springs ISD, Eanes ISD, Lake Travis ISD and more! The specialists at this location share nearly 100 years of combined music industry knowledge and performance experience, and they are your perfect resource for band, orchestra, rock band, and pro-audio related questions!

South Austin Music & Arts’ professional instructors offer private lessons on a wide array of instruments at this location, including piano, violin, viola, voice, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet & ukulele and more. Our unique blend of instructors comes to us from amazing schools ranging from Texas & Texas Tech to Berkeley, and lessons are available 7 days a week!

Our Education Representative, Rich Haering, has years of experience interacting with area music programs and teachers He works hard to ensure each band and orchestra program has the instruments and supplies it's students and directors want and need.

But if you are not in one of these school districts still come by and we would be happy make sure we get you what you need!

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Veritas Academy

The Brentwood School

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School

St. Michael’s Academy

The Khabele School

Austin Waldorf School

Regent’s School of Austin

And MORE!

COLLEGES

University of Texas

Texas State University

Austin Community College

LESSONS

We believe that private lessons are the building blocks to a lifelong relationship with music. Our strong commitment to music education is fundamental to our business, and we work hard to find instructors who are experts in their field/instrument.

-Learn from professional instructors who play in symphonies, local ensembles, and acclaimed bands.

-Keeping your instrument in top shape is very important. Whether it's re-hairing a violin bow, overhauling a flute, repadding a saxophone, soldering a brass instrument or reconditioning an entire tuba, our professionals can handle any kind of instrument repair or restoration. Our repair technicians are well-trained professionals, who deliver work that is affordable, timely, and unconditionally guaranteed.

-We recommend having your instrument checked out every 3-4 months, even if it seems like nothing is wrong. Our preventative maintenance mentality will help keep your instrument in your hands and not in the shop. Next time you're in, ask us about our maintenance plan!

The first Music & Arts was located in a small house in Bethesda, MD and run by founder Benjamin O’Brien. When Music & Arts opened its doors in 1952, we offered printed music, music lessons, dance lessons, and art supplies. Ben decided shortly after opening his business that he wanted to focus on music to better serve his customers – a decision that remains intact to this day.

Since the 1990s, Music & Arts has expanded nationwide through organic growth and a series of acquisitions and mergers with other music dealers. In 2005, Music & Arts joined forces with American Music, a division of Guitar Center, to become the largest band and orchestra instrument retailer in the United States.

Still run by the O’Brien family, Music & Arts now comprises close to 500 retail and affiliate locations and over 100 educational representatives nationwide. Now based in Frederick, MD, the company of trained musicians offers friendly service and everything musical for students, parents, and educators, including instruments, lessons, music books and accessories, rentals and repairs.

Music & Arts is designed to provide the most comprehensive offerings for student musicians and music educators. Our goal is to create the best possible multichannel experience for our customers. As a result of this, Music & Arts has earned notoriety as:

The nation’s largest lesson provider, with over 1.25 Million private lessons taught each year

The largest provider of instrument rentals, with more than 200,000 instruments rented annually

The largest school music dealer, serving more than 5000 schools nationwide

The largest fleet of outbound salespeople, with over 100 educational representatives visiting schools

The largest provider of B&O repair services, with more than 75 repair shops in service across the country

Our Vision: To excite people about playing music, teaching music, and supporting musicians and their passion for music

Our Mission: To be the music retailer of choice for student musicians and music educators